Jun 15, 2019
WHAT ARE FERMENTED FOODS AND HOW MUCH DO WE NEED A DAY
FROM BBC FOOD Will a daily dose of fermented foods boost your health? Fermented foods such as kimchi and kefir are on the up – the worldwide market is expected…
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The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Apr 15, 2019
APRIL IN MIAMI . FRIENDS WORK NATURE FOOD . PROPORTIONATELY
My american indian teachers taught me that you should spend only 25 % of your time at WORK again in the USA . WORK is definited so characteristically commercially: You…
Apr 15, 2019
CHETTINAD FOOD IN LONDON AND YET ANOTHER KERALA ENCOUNTER
The night was chilly, but the damp cold of London did not hinder my walking around my most centrally based hotel in London. I was determined to eat South Indian…
Feb 15, 2019
A COUPLE OF DAYS IN MIAMI . AND THANKS TO COLLEAGUES NICE FOOD AS WELL
The arrival to USA especially Miami after the short flight from Havana, just forty minutes..is educational and needs cultural comprehension. the language remains the same, people look the same and…
Dec 15, 2018
FOOD INSECURITY AND PRE DIABETES .. YET ANOTHER SOCIAL CONNECTION FOR INCREASING INCIDENCE OF DIABETEES
I have always maintained that DIABETES type 2 i a social disease and its ravenous increase world wide is the confirmation of the social influences on its prevalence. I am…
Oct 15, 2018
CAN AMERICA COMBAT OBESITY? LOOK AT THIS AIRPORT FOOD ..LEAVING MIAMI
I am an Endocrinologist, a person who studies why people put on weight, among other metabolic dysfunctions of the body. I am also an Anthropologist, interested in the influences of…
Oct 15, 2018
BEST PLACES CITIES FOR FOODIES AND THE WORST AS WELL USA
Source: WalletHub I am not a great believer in LISTS of any types.. Lists of places to visit, Lists of restaurants.. to each his own. Today I went to eat…
Oct 15, 2018
HAPPINESS IN HAVANA FOOD OR FRIENDS OR FAVOURITES
Normally my friend and taxista, Yodel, picks me up in a 1958 Chevrolet. This time he surprised me on this very well kempt 1949 Oldsmobile.. remainders/reminders of a glory past..…
Aug 15, 2018
FOOD TO BE TASTED IN ITS NATIVE ENVIRONMENT
Whenever I see a LIST of places to visit, hotels to enjoy, or the word BucketList, I think of it as a clue to avoid those places. But not when…
Jul 15, 2018
HOW THE CHINESE AMERICAN FOOD TURNED ME INTO A PESCO-VEGETARIAN!
0 0 1 638 3637 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 30 8 4267 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE --> My sister telephoned to invite me…
Jun 15, 2018
COME TO ISRAEL AND EAT SOME OF THE BEST FOOD IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Three days of Eating in Haifa on a recent visit to Israel.
Apr 15, 2018
MIND SPIRIT AND THE BODY SADHGURU ON THE SCIENCE OF FOOD FREQUENCY
Between UmonHon Indians and an anticipated Asian meal at the KLCC in Kuala Lumpur, I wanted to feed my Spirits and who better to listen to than SADHGURU? If you…
Dec 15, 2017
FORT COCHIN FOODIE SCENE IS GETTING BETTER FARMERS CAFE FACING PARADE GROUND
I have a photograph of Cochin taken in 1932 when it was literally a backwater village. Backwaters here in Kerala has another connotation which commemorates the birth of Cochin in…
Dec 15, 2017
YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU EAT BUT WHO IS THE PERSON EATING YOUR FOOD
My good friend Dr MW was euphemistically referring to our conversation about Microbiome and the work by Drs Elinav and Segal from Weitzmann Institute in Israel. Here is their video…
Jun 15, 2017
48 HOURS IN HAVANA : DELICIOUS FOOD AND FRIENDS IN JUNE 2017
My luck with good food didnt run out when I arrived in the USA. I was admitted to the Flagship lounge of the American Airlines in Chicago where I could…
Jun 15, 2016
SISTERLY LOVE … AND GENETIC FOOD… ISRAELI SCIENTISTS AND MICROBIOME
I had been travelling for one month, Etihad Airlines to leave the USA and then visiting Cochin, KL, Malacca, Phnom Penh, Kampong Thom, Siem Reap, Salalah and Brussels. Food in…
Mar 15, 2016
GENETIC FOOD OF THE ORIENTAL JEWS
Much new information is coming out, the latest research on individualizing your nutrition to suit your microbiome comes from Israel, to confirm what American Indians have always believed in: Food…
Jan 15, 2016
FOOD AS CELEBRATION: NEW YEARS EVE IN QUIBERON, BRITTANY, FRANCE
FOOD AS A CELEBRATION: NEW YEARS EVE IN QUIBERON, BRITTANY, FRANCE. When you are working with the American Indians, one becomes aware of the superficial and deep symbolism attached to…